Country
Information
Interpreting the Refugee Convention
Primary & Secondary Legislation in
the UK
UK Practice
Responding to Policy
Country
information
UNHCR
country positions and other relevant country of origin information
is available on the main UNHCR website. The sources are carefully
selected, and aim to provide a balanced and objective overview.
There are UNHCR documents, as well as governmental and non-governmental
reports. You can locate information according to its source or by country
using the drop down menu at the bottom of the screen.
Legal
information on a particular country or issue is available on
the main UNHCR website, click here.
Other
sources of country information:
– Immigration
and Nationality Directorate
– Foreign
and Commonwealth Office
– UN Office
for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
– European
Country of Origin Information
– US
State Department
– Amnesty
International
– Human
Rights Watch
Interpreting
the Refugee Convention
Please
click on the following links for further information on interpreting
the Refugee Convention:
- UNHCR
international guidelines (Thematic
and Positions)
- UNHCR
Executive Committee (‘ExCom’) conclusions on international
protection
- UNHCR
commentaries
- UNCHR
research / background / discussion papers
- UNHCR Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status
Primary
& Secondary Legislation in the UK
Copies
of all UK legislation can be found on Her
Majesty's Stationery Office
Please
click on the following links for UNHCR's past comments on these
issues of concern in the UK:
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